Thanks again for the wonderful reviews;0) Yes I must say I'm having a lot of fun writing this story and it does make up for all the angst I seem to write.
With Sara asleep Grissom looked around the room and decided a new house would solve many of their problems. Arriving home that morning Sara had found his stash of pickled animals and turned green.
Slipping out of bed he found his robe and walked into the other room. Turning on his computer he looked through some houses the real estate agent had emailed him. Seeing the house a short drive out of Vegas he picked up his phone, "hi Sandy it's Gil Grissom, yes how about tomorrow at 9am," he said aware he could see the house and be back before Sara suspected a thing.
Having felt him get up she was about to walk in the room when she heard him talking to someone named Sandy. Not sure what to feel and unwilling to jump to conclusions she quickly got back into bed and closed her eyes. Feeling the bed dip as he got back in she decided it was nothing and smiled as he pulled her closer and went to sleep.
"Seen Grissom," Sara asked Nick the next morning after finishing her case with Catherine.
"Yeah he left about half-an-hour ago," the Texan answered well aware Sara had feelings for their supervisor and secretly hopped Grissom would make a move.
"Oh okay," she said suddenly remembering Sandy and wondered where he was. "I guess I'll see you tonight," she said to Nick thinking Grissom was probably at home already.
Once at her car she put the keys in the ignition when it started spluttering. "Come on," she groaned well aware it needed to be replaced. Trying again she realized there was nothing she could do and got out. Lifting the hood she looked at the engine and tried to guess what was wrong with it. Not a mechanic she dropped the hood and was about to ring Grissom when she heard Jim.
"Hey kiddo car problems," he asked as he saw her slam the hood in frustration.
"Yeah it won't start. Can you drive me home."
Heading towards the townhouse Sara and Jim chatted away, "I think its time to trade it in," she said aware her garage told her to replace it six months ago. "I just haven't had the time with Nick going missing and Grissom," she said with a smile.
"Keeping you up at late hours is he," Jim joked as they turned into the street and Sara turned red.
"Along with five double bedrooms it has a swimming pool and large rear garden," Sandy Brook the forty something realtor informed Grissom.
"And how much more built up will the area become," he asked having been impressed with the neighbourhood as he drove out but well aware Sara didn't like sub divisions.
Nodding her head Sandy answered, "The area backs onto a national park so no further houses can be built," she informed him glad when he formed a small smile.
Looking around the rest of the property he imagined Sara relaxing in the pool and napping on a hammock. Still within city boundaries and only a 25 minute drive from the lab Grissom decided see the house one more time before making an offer.
Making Jim breakfast when they arrived at the town house Sara then rang her garage to have her car towed.
Looking at her watch again she saw it was nearly 11.30am and she was now concerned and angry that her husband was not home. Putting more clothes in the closet she heard the door opening and decided to make him come to her.
Stepping inside he set the alarm and quietly took off his coat and shoes hoping he had not awoken her. Walking into their bedroom he saw Sara and watched as she forcefully folded some pants. "Your up sweetheart," he said quietly aware of her pursed lips but still determined to keep the house as a surprise.
"Decided to come home did you," she said with more anger than she hoped aware her old fears were seeping back into her system.
Ignoring her tone he pulled her into a kiss.
Still angry she was going to pull back but instead moaned as his tongue slipped into her mouth and she started kissing back. Now on their bed they found themselves undressing and made love hungry for each other before falling asleep.
"Where's you're car," Grissom asked as they prepared dinner having remembered it was not in the garage when he came home late that morning.
"I think it's dead. It wouldn't start when I finished. I got it towed but the mechanic said last time I got it serviced that it was on it's last legs," she said chopping some carrots.
"Okay, I'll ask Catherine to drive you for a few days so it won't raise suspicion," he said aware he needed some more time to buy the house. Giving her a kiss as she finished chopping he decided to put a car on the shopping list as well.
Once at work Grissom handed out the assignments as normal and decided to call Sandy and made an appointment to see the house one final time. With Sara's reaction to his tardiness that morning he was glad when Sandy agreed to meet him there that night.
"As you can see Mr Grissom the house does catch a lot of heat from the setting sun and I am told the pool retains a lot of sun as well," Sandy said hoping to make a sale.
Walking around the large kitchen Grissom nodded his head even more happy with the property. After looking around the home office and discovering a basement his smile grew aware how satisfied Sara would be that he kept his foetal animals and a spare fridge with his experiments away from the kitchen.
Seeing Sandy hovering Grissom decided to make an offer and was pleased that she would contact the owners that night for their reaction.
"How soon would I be able to move in if the sale goes through," he asked aware the master bedroom contained a double bathroom and he had already started fantasising about it.
"The owners have moved out of state and are looking for a quick sale so I don't see why you couldn't move in as soon as everything is signed," she said smiling.
Going back to the lab he smiled seeing Sara still out and after receiving a phone call from Sandy telling him his offer had been accepted. Picking up his kit he hurried along to the B&E he had assignment himself to earlier that night.
Walking into the lab Sara smiled slightly when she saw Grissom in his office and went to see how his day was going. "Hey Griss," she answered slightly suspicions when he placed a file over something he was reading.
His heart swelling as he imagined her reaction when seeing their new house he moved over some initial papers Sandy had faxed him and smiled, "hey honey I bought you a salad and some pasta when I come back from my B&E," he told her standing up indicating they should leave the office.
"How was the manager," Nick asked Grissom after finding his lunch in the fridge aware he had covered the same pawn shop a few months ago.
"Angry but seemed to realize that if he wanted his insurance I needed full access," Grissom answered glad no one seemed to notice he and Sara were eating the same food again for the second night running. "How are your parents," he asked not given much of a time to catch up the other day with everyone talking.
"Their good I had a great time catching up with everyone. We have decided to spend more time with each other so their coming up to stay in a few months," he answered before taking a swig of his coffee.
With their shift over Catherine drove Sara over to the mechanic while Grissom arrived a few minutes later to take her home if necessary.
"Okay Miss Sidle I had a look at your car and I got it running but like I said a few months back it's time to spend some cash," the mechanic said before handing over the keys.
"Thanks Gus I'll start looking straight away," she said accepting the keys before going to the reception to pay the bill.
"Okay we need more food so I'll go to the supermarket but I want to start looking for a new car," she said.
"Sounds good to me I have a few errands to run and I'll meet you at home in a few hours," he said his heart skipping a beat that their lives were so integrated already.
With Sara in one direction Grissom headed over to the real estate office to pick up the papers before going to his lawyer.
Arriving at the mega car lot Sara felt overwhelmed but looked at a few different vehicles and accepted some literature on different models before heading to the supermarket. After buying some food she headed home and smiled when she saw his car in the driveway.
"Your home," he said with a smile putting down his crossword and helped her bring in the shopping.
"You hungry sweetheart," he asked unpacking some of the items noticing the booklets on different cars.
"Yes I bought some pastries," she said opening the packet before accepting some tea walking over to the table while he finished unpacking.
"You see any cars you like," he asked smiling aware the house sale would go through in a few days and wanted to have the car waiting in the garage. Grissom was aware that he had enough money from family inheritance, investments and savings to more than cover the purchase the house and car outright before selling the townhouse.
"Yeah maybe a Coupe or something," she said pointing to the picture, "but I like red not black," she added.
Nodding his head he looked at the car and smiled glad she had mentioned the colour as it would make buying a car that much easier.
Comparing the different car models he noticed Sara unable to stop yawning and decided to put her to bed. Undressing and making love he held her close as she slept realizing his life would not get much better.
The following week the house sale had gone through and Grissom was thinking about ordering some furniture when he decided Sara might like to re-decorate first.
Arriving home from work Sara was about to go in and start breakfast when Grissom pulled up and asked her to get into his SUV.
"If you could put this on," he said holding up the blindfold unwilling to start the car again until she complied.
"This better be good Gil," she said placing his hand on her leg and he and moaned.
"There will be time for that," he said wondering if he should have waited.
"Where are we going," she said 20 minutes later still unsure where he was taking her.
"Nearly there," he answered pulling into their new street.
Pulling up into the driveway he got out and helped her down before gently taking off the blindfold, "welcome home sweetheart," he whispered in her ear and her mouth opened.
"This is our house," she said with a look of excited amazement on her face. "I always wanted to live in a two story house" she said walking up to the front door blown over.
"The keys my lady," he said handing them over after giving a short bow.
Opening up Sara's smile only intensified as she saw the lounge and kitchen area aware it was twice the size of her old apartment. Walking around the house in a slight daze she almost asked him to pinch her a few times never imagining she would be married to him let alone living in this amazing house. Inspecting the huge wardrobe she didn't think things would get much better until he took her outside.
"We have a pool", she exclaimed walking over and giving him a huge kiss.
Kissing back Grissom was so happy to see her expression and knew the house was worth every penny. "The hot tub comes next week," he whispered in her ear before bracing himself for another kiss.
"Now I can keep all of my experiments down in the basement and there is more than enough room in our joint closet for all of our clothes," he explained walking her through the rest of the house. "Now this is the garage," he said opening the door ready to give her the final gift.
Nodding her head Sara almost fell over when she saw the brand new car complete with ribbon. "Gil, oh my god you bought me a house and car," she said looking at the red Pontiac G8 Sedan never having owned a new car in her life.
Walking up to him she gabbed him again for another kiss, "you are going to get so lucky," she said then walking over to inspect her new car.
Sitting inside Sara breathed in the new leather smell and knew her life would not get much better as Grissom talked her though all of its features.
Getting out Sara decided to reward him for all his hard work and once they looked through the master bedroom again gave him an impromptu strip tease.
Sitting against the wall after making love she kissed his neck, "this is all so amazing Gil but you didn't need to do all of this," she said.
"I know but we needed a bigger house and you needed a new car and I wanted to spoil you," he said pulling her over onto his lap so he could kiss her properly.
"Well at least we got one room out of the way and now we only have a few dozen more rooms to christen," she said pulling his ear into her mouth smiling as he started groaning in pleasure.